Orange Walk, Belize

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Orange Walk, Belize for 2023 ready to be integrated into your application.

The country of Belize was founded on September 21, 1981. It is believed the Mayan Civilization called this area in Central America home sometime between 1500 BC to 1200 AD. In 1638 both the British and Spanish claimed this land, however in 1840, Belize became British Honduras, and then as a British Crown colony in 1862. In 1981, Belize was established as an independent country.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Sunday New Year's Day
January 2nd Monday New Year's Day (Observed) Long weekend.
January 15th Sunday George Price Day
January 16th Monday George Price Day (Observed) Long weekend.
March 6th Monday National Heroes and Benefactors Day (Observed) Long weekend.
March 9th Thursday National Heroes and Benefactors Day
March 20th Monday March Equinox Long weekend.
April 7th Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
April 8th Saturday Holy Saturday
April 9th Sunday Easter
April 10th Monday Easter Monday Long weekend.
May 1st Monday Labor Day Long weekend.
May 14th Sunday Mother's Day
May 24th Wednesday Commonwealth Day
June 18th Sunday Father's Day
June 21st Wednesday June Solstice
July 31st Monday Emancipation Day (Observed) Long weekend.
August 1st Tuesday Emancipation Day
September 10th Sunday Saint George's Caye Day
September 11th Monday Saint George's Caye Day (Observed) Long weekend.
September 21st Thursday Independence Day
September 23rd Saturday September Equinox
October 9th Monday Day of the Race (Observed) Long weekend.
October 12th Thursday Day of the Race
November 19th Sunday Garifuna Settlement Day
November 20th Monday Garifuna Settlement Day (Observed) Long weekend.
December 22nd Friday December Solstice Long weekend.
December 24th Sunday Christmas Eve
December 25th Monday Christmas Day Long weekend.
December 26th Tuesday Boxing Day
December 31st Sunday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="BZ-OW" -d year="2023" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__"
"https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "BZ-OW",
  "year": "2023",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'BZ-OW',
  year: '2023',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'BZ-OW',
  'year' => '2023',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "BZ-OW"
$Body.year = "2023"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BZ-OW',
  'year': '2023',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BZ-OW',
  'year': '2023',
})